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Airbnb makes half its SF money with illegal listings

Tim Redmond - January 20, 2016

If there had ever been any dispute about why Airbnb refuses to support simple measures that would enforce the city’s laws, we now know...

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Lies of the “sharing economy” start to collapse

Tim Redmond - January 18, 2016

The “sharing-economy” companies like Lyft, Uber, and Airbnb have managed to avoid the regulations that govern taxis and hotels largely by insisting that they...

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Mayor’s budget message blames pension costs, lets corporations off the hook

Tim Redmond - January 5, 2016

JANUARY 6, 2015 -- Mayor Ed Lee is telling all city departments to cut their budgets by three percent over the next two years,...

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The Nimbys and the housing crisis

Tim Redmond - January 4, 2016

I probably shouldn’t pay too much attention to a story about San Francisco written by a guy who lives in Venice and likes to...

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The Agenda, Dec. 28- Jan 3: New Year’s resolutions ….

Tim Redmond - December 27, 2015

By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 27, 2015 – Nothing much happens in local politics during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. Hearings are cancelled; the...

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Chaos isn’t “change”

Guest Opinion - December 23, 2015

By Calvin Welch DECEMBER 23, 2015 -- In a period when our national politics are dominated by candidates on the right that rely on “counter...

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The attack on local zoning control

Zelda Bronstein - December 8, 2015

DECEMBER 8, 2015 -- My last story about the continuing power struggle between the Association of Bay Area Governments and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission...

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The Agenda, Dec. 7-13: The jail drama, tamales and global capital …

Tim Redmond - December 6, 2015

... and the supes hear how the Super Bowl party will screw up your life By Tim Redmond DECEMBER 9, 2015 – All the drama over...

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The political impact of the Airbnb ad fail

Tim Redmond - October 22, 2015

Tech firm spends $8 million on ads -- and the latest (really stupid) one could cost the election By Tim Redmond OCTOBER 23, 2015 – I...

Arts + Culture

Dreaming of a new Streetopia

Marke B. - October 13, 2015

Groundbreaking 2012 arts festival -- which fought Lee's "art washed" gentrification plan -- is revisited with new book and two events, Thu/15 and Fri/16. By...

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